Event Archive

This workshop will bring together global press freedom NGOs, journalists, representatives of EU institutions, and legal scholars, with a view to highlighting and addressing the weaknesses in defamation law which allow powerful entities to suppress freedom of expression. The research underpinning the event was prompted by the redaction and deletion of...

Professor John Paterson will be speaking at an event hosted by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law in London on the theme: Pipelines and International Law.  Professor Paterson will be on a panel of experts discussing the international law implications of transporting oil and gas via pipelines. Further information about...

Admission is free, all are welcome to attend

The Centre for Scots Law will host a lecture entitled: ‘Limited Liability and Joint Stock Companies in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Scotland: A Fresh Look at the Case of Stevenson v McNair (1755-1757)’ by Dr Andrew Simpson (University of Aberdeen).

The Centre for Scots Law will host a seminar entitled: 'Ancillary Rights in Servitudes' by Professor Roderick Paisley (University of Aberdeen).  To register for this free event, please complete the booking form provided below.  Please note: As this seminar contributes to CPD training, we will retain your name and email address securely,...

The Law School's Dr Daria Shapovalova will give a presentation on the role of international law in preventing oil spills from upstream activities in the Arctic at 'A vision for Ocean Law and Governance for 2020-2030 and Beyond' Conference in Glasgow.

AUCEL's Professor Tina Soliman Hunter will present her paper 'British universities as the centres for training specialists for London and the other world' at the Third University Cities Forum, to be held at Tomsk State University on Friday 30th November.  Professor Soliman Hunter will be visiting the university in her capacity...

The Oil and Mining Resources for Good Conference 2018 will discuss: 'Curing The Resource Curse: Does Local Content Work?' University of Aberdeen postgraduate students will present their research work and innovative solutions to this subject. Moreover, this conference will be led by Dr Mark Igiehon, Professor Tina Hunter and Dr Sola...

As part of the University of Aberdeen Business Breakfast Series, Derek Auchie from the School of Law will give a presentation on: Resolving Disputes Out of Court.

Professor Gregg Caruso, Professor of Philosophy at State University of New York and Corning Co-Director of the Justice Without Retribution Network will deliver his talk on: 'Free Will and Criminal Behaviour: The Public Health-Quarantine Model.'  The talk will discuss legal and ethical issues connected with free will, punishment, and crime prevention,...